Bill Belichick: Training camp fights are part of football, no big deal

Belichick said afterward that he didn’t see why reporters were making an issue of the fights, which started with offensive tackle Nate Solder taking a cheap shot at linebacker Brandon Spikes and eventually involved much of the team in an offense vs. defense fracas.

“Football is competitive. We’re in a competitive camp,” Belichick said. “It’s part of football. I don’t think it’s a big deal.”

Belichick said that as long as the fights don’t spill over and involve him, he’s not too worried.

“I’ve seen a lot worse,” Belichick said. “I try to stay out of the way and not get hit. . . . I’ll be the last one to try to break that up. They’d probably all go after me.”

So as long as the players are going after each other and not their coach, Belichick is OK with a few fights breaking out.

I heard this interview live. Its good to see Bill in such a good mood. It means he is liking what he sees out of this year’s team. He had the media laughing it up, too. A side of him you don’t see too often around game time.
Pats are gonna have a monster season…….Again.
Bring on the haters!

as much as I despise Bill personally, I envy his coaching and the professional manner his teams employ. The man is a winner…Jets fans like myself will always be bitter as to the way that bill left us…its going to be a street fight this year..Pats, Bills, Jets in the east, in that order

So let me get this straight, 2 average citizens get in a fight and throw punches at each other and were cited and booked into jail. BB is promoting this because the NFL players are exempt. Im all about the toughness of the NFL, but this is garbage. Goes to show if you pay the piper, your good to go…..

Patriots continue to dominate and haters continue to hate especially sj39 who still can’t come to grips that Mike Martz was totally outcoached in SB36 as the Rams choked by not adjusting their game plan when the Pats took Marshall Faulk completely out of the game.

Gee, you get 90 young males chosen for their size, speed, aggression, and athletic ability, and have them engage in a gladiator-type, me dominate u! kind of sport for only 45 jobs, and there might be some pushing and shoving and heated tempers?

Next thing you know you’ll be telling me that having 80,000 drunk people in a stadium cheering them on might lead to some kind of conflict in the stands or parking lot.

to Jetsfaninjersey,
Classy comment. For what it’s worth though, remember that we’re still slightly bitter too about the way Parcels left and how that essentially ruined the 97 Superbowl. It will be interesting to see what the next chapter brings.

ampats says:
Aug 3, 2012 9:25 AM
Patriots continue to dominate and haters continue to hate especially sj39 who still can’t come to grips that Mike Martz was totally outcoached in SB36 as the Rams choked by not adjusting their game plan when the Pats took Marshall Faulk completely out of the game.
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The way I remember it, as a Pats fan, was as much the Rams not getting Faulk the ball enough as it was the Pats having a great game plan.

I think if they got the ball to Faulk more, even on dump offs, they would have won that game. I was having a frickin’ heart attack every time he touched it (which, thankfully, wasn’t much.) Thanks Mike!

And, now I will no longer take anything you say as true–even that you’re a Giants fan–because the Pats NEVER filmed a practice or a “walkthrough”. It was proven false. Get a clue.

Stealing hand signals? Every team steals hand signals. That’s not what they were punished for, moron. They weren’t even punished for filming the opponents’ sideline. They were punished for having a camera on the sideline after EVERY TEAM was told not to do it anymore. God, you have no clue as to what happened.